IZA Discussion Papers

substantially revised version published as: 'The Structure of Corporate Boards and Private Benefits of Control: Evidence from the Russian Stock Exchange' in: International Review of Financial Analysis, 2014, 34, 247-261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6217

The Interdependence of R&D Activity and Debt Financing of Young Firms

Helmut Fryges, Karsten Kohn, Katrin Ullrich

published in: Journal of Small Business Management, 2015, 53 (S1), 251-277

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6093

Funding Self-Employment: The Role of Consumer Credit

Christoph Kneiding, Alexander S. Kritikos

published in: Applied Economics, 2013, 45 (13), 1741-1749

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6074

Labor Demand During the Crisis: What Happened in Germany?

Olga Bohachova, Bernhard Boockmann, Claudia M. Buch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5961

Why Are So Few Females Promoted into CEO and Vice-President Positions? Danish Empirical Evidence 1997-2007

Nina Smith, Valdemar Smith, Mette Verner

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2013, 66 (2), 380-408

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5896

How Policy Changes Affect Shareholder Wealth: The Case of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster

André Betzer, Markus Doumet, Ulf Rinne

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2013, 20 (8), 799-803

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5842

Working in Family Firms: Less Paid but More Secure? Evidence from French Matched Employer-Employee Data

Andrea Bassanini, Eve Caroli, Antoine Rebérioux, Thomas Breda

revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2013, 66 (2), 433-466

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5738

The Value of Business Networks in Emerging Economies: An Analysis of Firms' External Financing Opportunities

Oluwarotimi Owolabi, Sarmistha Pal

published as 'Does business networking boost firms' external financing opportunities? Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe' in: Applied Financial Economics, 2013, 23 (5), 415-432

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5459

Personal Bankruptcy Law, Wealth and Entrepreneurship: Theory and Evidence from the Introduction of a "Fresh Start"

Frank M. Fossen

revised version published in: American Law and Economics Review, 2014, 16 (1), 269-312

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5159

Economic Governance of MFIs: Inside the Black Box

Thankom Gopinath Arun, Samuel Annim

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4834

Excess Leverage and Productivity Growth in Emerging Economies: Is There A Threshold Effect?

Fabrizio Coricelli, Nigel Driffield, Sarmistha Pal, Isabelle Roland

revised version published as 'When does leverage hurt productivity growth? A firm-level analysis' in: Journal of International Money and Finance, 2012, 31 (6), 1674-1694

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4786

Financial Constraints and Innovation: Why Poor Countries Don't Catch Up

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Monika Schnitzer

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11(5), 1115-1152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4669

Investor Protection and the Value of Shares: Evidence from Statutory Rules Governing Variations of Shareholders' Class Rights in Russia

Alexander Muravyev

revised version published as 'Investor Protection and the Value of Shares: Evidence from Statutory Rules Governing Variations of Shareholders’ Class Rights in an Emerging Market ' in: Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2013, 29(6), 1344-1383

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4441

The KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel: Design and Research Potential

Helmut Fryges, Sandra Gottschalk, Karsten Kohn

published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften / Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2010, 130 (1), 117-131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4372

Firm Performance and Managerial Turnover: The Case of Ukraine

Alexander Muravyev, Oleksandr Talavera, Olga Bilyk, Bogdana Grechaniuk

published in: Eastern European Economics, 2010, 48(2), 5-24

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3863

Convergence in Institutions and Market Outcomes: Cross-Country and Time-Series Evidence from the BEEPS Surveys in Transition Economies

Pradeep Mitra, Alexander Muravyev, Mark E Schaffer

substantially revised version published as 'Labor reallocation and firm growth: benchmarking transition countries against mature market economies' in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3:13

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3857

Not So Lucky Any More: CEO Compensation in Financially Distressed Firms

Qiang Kang, Oscar A. Mitnik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3688

Employment and Wage Effects of Privatization: Evidence from Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine

J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Álmos Telegdy

published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120(545), 683-708

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3626

Rhineland Exit?

Lans Bovenberg, Coen Teulings

published in International Tax and Public Finance, 2009, 16 (5), 710-726

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3426

Evolution of Capital Structure in East Asia: Corporate Inertia or Endeavours?

Nigel Driffield, Sarmistha Pal

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2010, 173 (1), 1- 29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3415

Macroeconomic Effects of Ownership Structure in OECD Countries

Donatella Gatti

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3237

Credit Constraints as a Barrier to the Entry and Post-Entry Growth of Firms

Philippe Aghion, Thibault Fally, Stefano Scarpetta

published in: Economic Policy, 2007, 22, 731-779

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3236

Distributive Justice and CEO Compensation

Guillermina Jasso, Eva M. Meyersson Milgrom

published in: Acta Sociologica, 2008, 51 (2), 123-143

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3218

The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Flows to the Federal Region of Kurdistan

Almas Heshmati, Rhona Davis

published in: Heshmati, The Economy of Southern Kurdistan, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3125

Ownership and Wages: Estimating Public-Private and Foreign-Domestic Differentials Using LEED from Hungary, 1986–2003

John S. Earle, Álmos Telegdy

published in: Analysis of Firms and Employees - Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (F. Andersson, S. Bender, J. Lane, K. Shaw, and T. von Wachter, eds.), NBER and University of Chicago, 2008.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3117

Risk, Delegation, and Project Scope

Andreas Roider

revised version published as 'Delegation, Risk, and Project Scope ' in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2009, 165 (2), 193-209

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3054

The Value Relevance of Top Executive Departures: Evidence from the Netherlands

Kees Cools, Mirjam C. van Praag

published in: Journal of Corporate Finance 13(5), 721-742

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2426

Mergers of Equals and Unequals

Valerie Smeets, Kathryn Ierulli, Michael Gibbs

published as 'An Empirical Analysis of Post-Merger Organizational Integration' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118 (3), 463-493